Wake-Up Weather: A classic Houston summer day is on tap

Your sunrise summary of everything you need to know about weather in H-town.

4cast·in·5seconds

We’re transitioning from wet to dry days, rain-wise, and it’s going to be summer-like hot out there.

run·down

It’s a muggy morning in Houston, with lows falling only into the upper 70s.

After several rainy days the mid-levels of the atmosphere are drying out, and as levels of water in the atmosphere fall so does the region’s rain chances.

It appears more moisture is lingering to the southwest of Houston, so there’s a slight chance of rain to the west of Interstate 45, forecasters with the National Weather Service say. Showers that do develop today should be pop-up in nature, rather than widespread.

But in general, with high pressure building, the rain should go away and we should see warm days — with highs reaching the mid- to upper-90s by this weekend.

Forecast highs on Friday, by the European model, may approach 100 degrees inland and to the north of Houston. (Weather Bell)

This pattern looks to hold at least into early next week.

trop·ics

Some of the global forecast models are indicating development of a tropical system near the Yucatan Peninsula during the first half of next week that would move into the Bay of Campeche. It’s likely that any system that does develop in this way would move west, or just north of west, into Mexico, rather than affecting Texas.

It’s very early, of course, so confidence in any such forecast is low.

high·ku

Ninety-four degrees

Getting hot out there, watch for

Stabbing stilettos

final·fact

On this date, last year, the city of Houston set the day’s record for total rainfall when 3.05 inches fell, helping to bring the great drought of 2011 to an end — locally.